"Mr. Qi, are you okay?!" Yang Shu rushed out from the crowd, anxiously running to Qi Xingzhou’s side to check on him.
She was the agent designated by Qi Chen for Jiang Ning, and the two of them had departed from the Capital City, taking a plane and then a car to Hetian Town together.
But as soon as they got out of the car, Qi Xingzhou ran off!
Luckily, she reacted quickly; otherwise, she would have lost track just like the driver.
Breathing heavily, Yang Shu’s gaze landed beside her, instantly recognizing Jiang Ning.
She quickly tidied herself up, reverting to her usual composed manner, and extended her hand to Jiang Ning with a smile, "Hello, Miss Jiang, I am Yang Shu, the agent sent by Qi Chen to help you with the contract."
"Hello, I’m Jiang Ning." Jiang Ning shook her hand, "Let’s exchange contact information later."
Yang Shu nodded, "Sure."
At this moment, Shen Zha, who had been standing dumbfounded outside the crowd, finally reacted.
He hurriedly ran over as well, "Jiang Ning, are you okay?! Second Young Master Qi! Why are you here too?!"
Jiang Ning: ... This reaction is really slow.
Shen Zha’s eyes were wide open, his face showing an unmistakably genuine expression of shock.
He was truly shocked—when did Second Young Master Qi appear!
Clearly, he had been watching the whole time from the side!
Oh dear, he must have been too engrossed in watching Jiang Ning!
"Just arrived." Qi Xingzhou spoke concisely, frowning slightly as he stepped forward to block the man trying to sneak away, "Don’t run, let’s wait for the police to arrive and then talk."
"What is going on?" Shen Zha voiced the question on the minds of the onlookers.
After Chang Gaoduo was handcuffed, the previously distant onlookers were no longer afraid and curiously gathered closer.
"This man, under the pretense of a raffle to give away refrigerators, is actually selling humidifiers at high prices!" Jiang Ning raised her voice, "After you go back, if you find anyone in the village who bought his stuff, remember to tell them to report to the police station!"
The onlookers were shocked, their eyes darting from everywhere to focus on Chang Gaoduo.
Chang Gaoduo’s face turned ashen.
He hadn’t expected that this girl would see right through his little tricks.
"I was wrong! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to! I’ll refund their money! I know I was wrong!" Chang Gaoduo cried out.
Even in his initial attempt to flee, upon recognizing his mistake, he directly knelt on the ground, kowtowing to Jiang Ning, "Please, please! I know I was wrong! Forgive me!"
He couldn’t go to the police; once there, if they found out about the things he did before, he would definitely end up in prison!
"Apologizing won’t help, wait for the police to arrive!" Jiang Ning said sternly.
She looked at the data provided by the system; the man before her was a repeat offender!
He had been traveling across the country for years, reselling things—not to big cities, but specifically targeting elderly people in rural areas with little education.
In the earlier years, he sold health supplements at high prices.
In recent years, with the country’s vigorous promotion of the health supplement scams, many people came to know those things were deceitful.
Seeing health supplements weren’t so easy to sell, Chang Gaoduo switched to selling "air conditioners."
He knew the elderly in rural areas weren’t highly educated and couldn’t distinguish between air conditioners and humidifiers, so he deliberately pointed to the humidifier and claimed it was an air conditioner, heavily promoting it as something children and young people loved in the summer.
In the summer, rural elders, to save on electricity bills, might not even turn on a fan. But they would definitely spend money for the sake of kids or young people in the house.
Chang Gaoduo exploited the elderly’s mentality.
Then he introduced a free raffle; anyone who got the grand prize today could take home a free "air conditioner" unit!
But among more than a dozen tickets in his raffle box, there were only first, second, third prizes, and "thank you for participating," with no grand prize at all.
These first, second, and third prizes all involved discount vouchers.
A unit originally priced at two to three thousand could be bought for eight or nine hundred once a voucher was used.
With such discounts, more than half of those who won first prizes would grit their teeth and make the purchase.
Then they would happily carry the "air conditioner" home, only to find upon unpacking that it was actually a poor-quality humidifier.
It was completely useless.
When the victims went to confront him, Chang Gaoduo would have long disappeared without a trace.